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Office Memorandum • united states government

T o : Assistant Director, Scientific Intelligence date: 4 April 155 S

mom : chief. Applied Science Division, SI

subject: Cccsasnts on letters Dealing with Unidentified Plying Objects

R2P2HSTCES; (l) letter to Director, CIA, firm Leon Davidson, dated.

U March 1958

(2) letter to Director, CIA, fcen Donald Keytaoe, Director
of Haticnal Investigations Ccnaxlttee on Aerial P h eat n ea a

1. As a result of the action t ak en hy the IAC ca k December
1952 (lAC-M-90, Paragraph 3a), a Scientific Intelligence Advisory
Peael vne convened l4-lo January 19?3» The panel consisted of Hie
following scientists: S. P. Robertson, Inis W. Alveses, Xloyd V,

Berkner, 3. A. Goudaalt, sad Thornton Pngs. Os pans! concerned
Itself with the evaluation of any possible threat to national
Secnrity ty unidentified flying objects. The panel Issued a report

dated. 17 January 1953* Thin report was classified Secret. \

2. The letters freo Leon Davidson and Donald Khyfcoe to the.

DCX concerned thaseelvee primarily with Edward J. Roppelt's bock
on Unidentified Plying Objects. At the tine that the scientific
penal net, Rupjelt was a Captain In the Air Puree and attended the
panel eestlsgi. His bock, however. Is concerned with tbs identi-
fication of unidentified flying objects. Rnppelt's statements
regarding the dsslon of the panel ere la error. Ee has led the
reader to believe the penal's mission was to Identify the flying
objects and to msks reccesandatlons on methods to further Identify
such objects. This is the bests for the apparent contradictions
which arose during the Mike Wallace television interview. This Is
also the basis for Mr. Keyfaoe’e misgivings.

3. la lata October 1937, Major James P. Byrne of A5CTT-XLA.
requested a declassified version of the panel report. This
office contacted each member of tbs panel sad an agreed upon,
declassified version was written end sent to the. Assistant Chief
of Staff, Intelligence, Dep ar tment of the Air Force on 20 December
1957. It ves the decision of all the panel members and the CIA.
that while no member of the panel objected to the use of his name
In connection with the declassified version, they desired 'that no
connection of the panel members with CIA be disclosed.

Approved for Release

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C00015408

SUBJECT: Cements oa Letters Pealing with Unidentified Flying Objects

h. It Is apparent from reading Hr* Davidson v a letter that
Hike Wallace had a copy of the scientific panel report* In
addition, the association of CXI with the US Air Force In the
selection of the panel was revealed during the television
interviev. Therefore, the penal neobers have been associated
with CIA, contrary to their wishes and contrary to CIA's desires.

5* The real Intent of the referenced letters is to obtain a
copy of tbs panel report. In view of this, and of the shove. It
would be iao«t expedient to send then the declassified version*

Zn order to sot reveal an association between the panel m eafc ers
and CIA, either the Air Force should answer the letters or we
shcald saks It plain to the recipients that ve obtained the
panel report fToo the Air Force*

6. Attached are copies of the declassified panel report* _

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12 a* uxtdcra Igasd Panel of Scientific Cowultsats has oat at
the request o f the O o v sx -u n eat to avalnats any possible threat to
national security posed by Unidentified. Flying Objects ("Flying
Sascare”), and to Bate r e comon aa t l on. ; ©a Panel has received
tha evidence as pre sent ed by cognizant Gov er nmental agendas,
primarily the United States Air Fo rc e, and has r e viewe d a selection
of the best docume nt ed incidents*

2* As a remit of Its considerations, tha Panel coadndas t
©at tha evidence presented on Uddsa&lfled Hying
Objects ahem no Indication that these phenomena constitute
a direct physical threat to national security*

Vi firefly believe that there le no resldoma of cases which Indicates
ph e rtratn a which are attributable to forelgi artifacts capable of
hostile acts, and that there le no evidence that tha phancmeo «i
Indicate a need for tha revision of cor r ect scientific concepts;

3* 3b tbs ligh t of this conclusion, tha Penal recascesdst
©at tha national security agencies take Isasediata steps
to strip tha Unidentified Plying Objects of the apodal status
they have been given and ©a anra of aystery they have
unfortunately acquired!